How to change the Git user pictures in Xcode

Those little avatars / user pictures in Xcode are linked to your Mac Contacts. This is not a Git or SVN feature.

You can associate a Mac Contact with a committer in Xcode and make it show up under Source Control – History. If the contact has a picture and you associate that contact with a Git committer then Xcode will show it in History. Here’s how it works in Xcode 6:

in Source Control – History, hover over the name of the committer

click on that super teeny tiny disclosure triangle

from the drop down menu, select Add to Contacts

you can now create a new contact, including a picture, or “Choose existing” and pick a contact

confirm your choice and the icon shows up in your project

Xcode isn’t clever enough to apply the same committer contact to all your projects so you need to repeat this process for each project.